Garment press



. March 19, 1929. H. G. SUTTON GARMENT PRESS 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 OriginalFiled May 6, 1927 Harry Q. Sailon abhor/1mg.

5 Sheets-Sheet 2 GARMENT PRESS H. G. SUTTON Original Filed May 6, 9

March 19, 1929.

March 19, 1929. H. e. SUTTON GARMENT PRESS Original Filed May 6, 1927 3Sheets-Sheet Patented Mar. 19, 1929.

UNITED STATES V I 1,105,541 PATENT-OFFICE.

- HARRY G. SUTTON, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORTO THE ZEIDLERCORPOIB'A-v TION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

GARMENT PRESS. 7

Application filed May G, 1927, Serial No. 189,383. Itenewed August 9,1928.

This invention pertains to improvements in garment presses.

The invention has for its main object the production of a simple andeffective structure wherein the head, when the press is open, standsclear and-well to the rear of the buck to afford the operator readyaccess to the garment or goods laid upon the buck in order to secure aproper lay thereof.

A further object of the inventionis to provide a structure wherein thehead, as it is moved forwardly over the buck, stands in spaced relationthereto so as not to drag across the goods imposed upon the buck andwhen the head is brought in vertical alignment with the buck to providemeans whereby the head may be moved downwardly at right angles to theface of the buck to effect pressure upon the goods and this without anyrelative sidewise or swinging motion of the head with reference to thebuck.

The press is shown in the annexed drawings wherein,

Figure 1 is a front elevation thereof part-- 1y broken away with thepress shown in its closed position; Y

Figure 2 a vertical sectional view showing the press in the samerelation; and

Figure 3 a similar view with the head as thrown fully back and clear ofthe buck. The frame of the machine may be of any approved type but inthe instant case it is composed of a basemember l to which 5 re securedtwo vertically disposed members 2 and 3, preferably formed from sheetsteel struck to the desired contour, each of said members being providedwith a forward portion as 2 and 3*. Said members, in other words, areL-shaped in cross section and'at their upper ends are secured to a bedplate l.- Extending upwardly from the bed plate is the usual bucksupport 5 'upon which is imposed the buck 6. The head is denoted by -7and is secured to the forwardly extending shaped outline. .comprise abody or transverse web element 8 provided with rearwardly extendingflanges 9 and 10 at each side ofthe web member.

At the lower end of each of the webs 9 and 10 they are enlarged and eachweb in such enlarged portion is provided with a slot having a slightlycurved section 11,.the forward end of which merges into an upstanding orvertical short section 12. In other words,

end of a frame of substantially inverted L-- Said frame may be said tovthe lower section. 11 guidesthe head frame forwardly from the full openposition to carry the head to the dotted line position in Figure3immediately above and in direct alignment with the buck while the shortvertical section allows the head carrying frame and the head to be moveddownwardly in a right line into contact with the goods imposed upon thebuck. Q

Secured to the side wall 2 is a stub axle 13 upon which is mounted aroller 14 which enters theslot in the web 9. A small stub axle 15 ismounted in thelother side frame 3 and a roller 16 extends into the slotformed in the web 10. These rollers therefore act'as guides for thelower end of the head carrying frame. I

Secured to the forward face of the web 8 j of the head frame arebrackets 17 and 18 which carry pins 19, to which pins aresecured blocks20 threaded to receive the lower ends of springs 21 and 22. The springsat theirupper ends are attached in any suitable manner to a fixedportion of the machine frame as, for instance, the bed plate 4 and areunder tension at all times so that they have a tendency to raise thelower end of the head frame upwardly and throw itto the full openposition shown in Figure 3.

Two pair'of links are assoeiatedwith the head carrying frame to cause itto move in the desired path and to this end there is pivotally securedto the side plate or frame member 2, as at 23, a link 24 the upperforward end of said link being pivotally con nected as at 25 to a secondlink 26 which in turn is pivotally connected to a bracket 27 secured tothe web 8. -A second pair of links is associated with the side frame 3and the head frame. The lowermost link 28 is pivoted, as at 29, at itslower end to the plate 3 and extends upwardly and rearwardly and ispivotally connected as at 30 to the second link 31, said link in turnbeing iv-- otally connected as at 32 to a bracket 33.v 100 These 'twopair of links, while shown as extending in opposite directions, mightboth extend in the same general direction though the arrangementillustrated is preferred inasmuch as they tend to counteract each other105 in so far as any twisting motion of the head .frame is concerned.

It will be noted that the pivotal connection of the upper ends of thelinks 26 and 31 described, form in effect a floating pivotal support orfulcrum for said head carrying frame. Extending downwardly from theunder -side of the bed plate 4 is a rigid bracket 34 which forms thesupport for a bell-crank lever. fulcrumed upon the shaft 35. The lowerend 36 of the bell-crank lever has pivotally attached thereto a link 37which in turn, at its lower end, is pivotally attached to a bracket 38secured to the lower forward face of the head carrying frame. The upperarm 39 of the bell-crank lever has pivotally attached to it a pair ofdraw links 40 and 41, said links at their lower ends being pivotallyconnected to a treadle lever 42 fulcrumed as at 43 to upstandingbrackets 44 formed at the rear of the base frame 1. The forward end ofthe lever is fashioned into a treadle 45 and associated therewith is alatch 46 adapted, when the head is fully closed down upon the buck, toengage a fixed portion of the machine and hold the press in its closedposition.

It is thought that from theforegoing the operation of the press will beclearly understood but a short rsum will be given. Assuming that theparts are in the position shown in Figure 3, it is to be noted that thehead standsto the rear of the buck so, that the operator may readilysecure the proper lay of the goods upon the buck. He then depresses thetreadle or may draw the head forwardly by grasping a handle 47 1 securedto the forward end of the head carrying frame. This will cause the headcarrying. frame to swing forwardly, the

lower portion of the frame traveling over the rollers working in thesubstantially horizontal slightly curved portion of the slots, or inother words the portion 11, the linkages 2426 and 28-31co-operating'therewith to bring the head forwardly and in I spacedrelation to the buck.

When the lower portion of the head carrying frame reaches a positionwhere the rollers 14 and-16 stand in alignment with the lower portion ofthe vertically disposed section 12 of the slots, the head carrying framewill be thrust downwardly by further downward -movement of the link 37and thus the head will be lowered in a right line directly upon thegoods imposed upon the buck without any wiping or drawing action of thehead thereover. a

When fully depressed the lever 42 will become locked and the goods maybe maintained under pressure as long as desired.

The operator may, of course, pat the goods by 'holding the latch 46 outof operation 'by merely placing his toe thereon. \Vhat is claimed is:

1. In a garment press the combination of a frame; a bucksupportedlthereby; a head carrying frame oflsubstantially inverted L-shaped outline; a head secured to the forwardly extending portionthereof, said frame in its lower portion being provided with a pair ofslots, each slot having at the forward end thereof a substantiallyvertical portion, and a longer, slightly curved, substantiallyhorizontally disposed portion extending rearwardly therefrom; rollersse-- frame having a downwardly extending portion; a head carried by theupper portion of said frame;- a pair of rollers supported upon oppositesides of the frame, said rollers extending into guide slotsextending'substantially horizontally at the lower portion of the headframe, said slots-having a vertically disposed portion at the forwardends thereof; a shifting fulcrum for the head frame located at a pointabove the slots; means acting at all times upon the head frame to raisethe same; and means for forcing the lower end of the head framedownwardly. I

3. A garment press as set forth in claim 2 wherein the'shifting fulcrumis produced b links connected respectively to the maciine frame and thehead carrying frame.

4. A garment press as set forth in claim 2 wherein the shifting fulcrumis produced by a pair of links to each side of the lower portion ofthehead frame, the links of each pair being pivoted to each other and theother ends pivoted, respectively to the machine frame and the headcarrying frame.

5. In a garment press the combination of a frame having two spacedvertically disposed side walls; a buck supported on the frame; a headcarrying frame having an upper forwardly extending portion, the lowerendof said frame extending downwardly and inwardly of the side wallsaforesaid,

said lowerend having oppositely disposed guide slots, each slot having ahorizontal section merging at its forward end into a vertically disposedsection; rollers carried by the machine frame entering said slots;

spring means acting upon the lower end of HARRY e. SUTTON.

